Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Fellow
About The Position
This is a training position for a masters-level nurse who has obtained or is eligible to obtain state and federal licensure as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist. The fellow will receive supervision in prescribing essentials from two providers and attend in-house training with post-docs and psychiatric NP students. In their student role, they will provide psychiatric consultation to Lynn Community Health Center case managers, medical, mental health, and substance abuse providers, as well as community providers when appropriate. The role involves triaging psychiatric inpatient admissions, assisting in discharge treatment plans, maintaining patient progress notes, charting all medications, and completing quality assurance activities. The fellow will attend case conferences for assigned clients and consult with other agencies and schools regarding the Health Center's psychiatric services. Direct services include psychodiagnostics, psychotherapeutic treatments, psychopharmacological evaluation and management, and therapy for registered clients. The position also includes participation in LCHC community outreach efforts, which may involve serving as a health consultant for local schools and organizations, providing programmatic consultation, reviewing health-related policies, and participating in health screenings, education programs, or counseling at community events. This role is full-time, 40 hours per week, for one full calendar year.
Requirements
- Graduate Degree in a mental health-related area.
- Licensure or license eligible to practice psychiatric nursing in Massachusetts.
- Certified or eligible as a psychiatric nurse clinical specialist in Massachusetts (APRN).
- History of good attendance and positive work attitude.
Responsibilities
- Provide biopsychosocial clinical evaluations.
- Utilize DSM IV diagnoses.
- Design client-centered treatment plans with appropriate interventions.
- Provide ongoing treatment evaluation and redesign.
- Provide direct care to multi-problem patients and their families.
- Participate on interdisciplinary teams.
- Provide psychotherapy to registered LCHC patients.
- Maintain required patient records.
- Participate in case conferences.
- Present cases for peer review.
- Be available for consultation with other agencies.
- Assist psychiatrists at medication clinics for adult, adolescent, and child clients when appropriate.
- Triage psychiatric inpatient admissions and assist in discharge treatment plans.
- Maintain patient progress notes and chart all medications.
- Complete all quality assurance activities for Quality Assurance Committee.
- Attend case conferences for assigned clients.
- Consult with other agencies and schools regarding the psychiatric services of the Health Center.
- Provide direct psychodiagnostics, psychotherapeutic treatments, psychopharmacological evaluation management, and therapy to registered clients of the Health Center.
- Participate in LCHC community outreach efforts, as appropriate and as assigned.
- Serve as a health consultant for the Lynn Public Schools, local day care centers, after school programs, day camps, or other community-related organizations.
- Provide programmatic consultation, preparation/review of health-related policies and documentation, or participating in health screenings, health education programs, or counseling at health fairs and other similar community events.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
